road rage
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]road + rage. First use appears c. 1988 in the Orlando Sentinel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
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- (automotive, law, psychology) Uncontrollable aggressive behavior by the driver of a road vehicle, especially when caused by stress or frustration.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:road rage.
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]road rage (third-person singular simple present road rages, present participle road raging, simple past and past participle road raged)
- (informal, transitive, intransitive) To engage in such behavior.
Translations
[edit]behavior
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